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What kind of pastry are you?

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

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It’s cold outside my friends. Let’s snuggle up under the covers with a cup of something warm and this lovely cozy fantasy. I think I’d be a simple chocolate brownie, super sweet and delightfully squishy. Tao is a traveling fortune teller, drifting from village to village in a wagon pulled by her trusty mule Laohu. It’s a solitary life made less lonely when a small fortune causes a former thief and an ex-mercenary to join her in her travels as they search for a lost […]

There’s a magical home for everyone, even if you stopped looking

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

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The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is worthy of all the hype. Linus works for a government agency that manages magical children. He is essentially a social worker. He sticks to himself and follows the rules to the letter. How else can he minimize conflict in his life? He lives alone with his cat and is rather ordinary if you ask him. He isn’t quite coasting more like he doesn’t want to upset the order. He absolutely does not want to garner […]

A Cozy Story About “Exotic Bean Water”

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

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This was just what I needed given the stress I’ve been feeling lately, and I wish I hadn’t waited so long to read it. It was such a cozy read that I almost teared up at how comforting it is. The story focuses on Viv, whose 3rd person perspective we get, as she sets about opening up a coffee shop in the city of Thune, a city whose residents have never heard of coffee. She was previously a mercenary but doesn’t want to die in […]

Cozy Fantasy GBBO

A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic by J Penner

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Arleta Starstone adores baking, but she’ll admit that she’s just scraping by selling her wares thanks to the fact that she’s magicless.  When her neighbor enters her in the Langheim Baking Battle, Arleta doesn’t plan on actually going.  But between her neighbors and the elf who comes to tell her she’s been selected, Arleta finds herself convinced.  Armed with only her baking skills, Arleta will take on the competition, find some new friends, and even maybe fall in love. I really wanted to like this […]

Bookworm Saves the World with Books, Kindness, and Good Food. Oh, and Magic.

The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 1 by Omiya

The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 2 by Omiya

The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 3 by Omiya

The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 4 by Omiya

The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 5 by Omiya

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Tsukina wasn’t really interested in being transported to another world as one of its’ saviors, but when told she doesn’t have a choice, she drives a hard bargain to get what she needs to set up her ideal life: running a book café on the outskirts near the capital city of Othel.  Her first customer, Il Soeil, turns out to be the captain of the knights of the kingdom.  Il happens to be just as big a bookworm as Tsukina is, and soon the two […]

A Magical Zoo Adventure

The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean

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This was a charming cozy romantasy with great diversity and mental health representation. It takes place primarily in a zoo of magical creatures, and it was a pleasure to see MacLean’s creativity as she described these animals. Main character Aila is the phoenix keeper at the zoo and has been trying for years to reboot a breeding program for the endangered Silimalo phoenix. When a neighboring zoo loses their phoenix hatchlings and their mother to poachers, Aila’s zoo is given the opportunity to try a […]



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